Asia
Mandela Will Never, Ever Be Your Minstrel
Mandela was about politics and about race and freedom and he was even about force. He did what he felt he had to do...
Iqbal, Jinnah and Muslims of India
Most of Iqbal’s high sounding exhortations and Jinnah’s promises and logic of a better future have rebounded on Indian Muslims. In a sense they have...
The Tangled ‘Tonalities’ of Mr. Tejpal
Disgraced Tehelka boss Tarun Tejpal single-handedly (and four-facedly) assays the parts of an entire courtroom — Victim, Defendant, Prosecutor and Judge. Truly a character...
Is Urdu Just a Servant’s Language Today?
It is one of my biggest regrets that I don’t know how to read my own mother tongue. While my friends speak volumes about...
The Absurdity in the Name of Pre-poll Surveys
Pre-poll surveys should be curbed not just because they influence one party or candidate or the other, but because they fool the people of...